YOTG "Year of the Games"

Many people probably know that games have been making a killing this year by release after release, after rerelease! So why all this extreme rush of games for the holidays? What were all these competitors in the gaming industries thinking? Let's see if we could crack their brains shall we.

Let's start with shooters only top 3; Gears of War 3, Battlefield 3, and Modern Warfare 3. As you all can tell this is also the year of the "3". 

Epic Games created Gears of War 3 to end the extremely popular franchise, this was considered one of the most anticipated games of 2011. On the date of September 20th, 2011 shelves got rushed by loyal fans, hype beast, and people who wanted to see what all the hype was about. Cliff Bleszinski, design director of Epic Games, made this game to be the most bloody-gory games anticipated for years to come. By getting 5 out of 5s and 10 out of 10s before the game was even out to begin with was saying a lot for this huge blockbuster!

Continuing with Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3, there is a reason why I put these two games together. One Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 3, franchise is considered the most selling shooter of all time, actually most selling piece of media of all time. Battlefield 3 on the other hand took a leap with intense graphics and gameplay. Using that sweet finish of Frostbite 2 made the game look like it exactly happening as a movie. These games are neck and neck with gameplay and fans. Money-wise MW3 is taking the title, but let's stay with gameplay shall we. MW3 has some of the best online community in gaming currently, although it isn't as smooth running for some of the loyal fans for the franchise it still gets them by. B3 kills it with their insane graphics staying true when playing online as well. The gameplay online is a little slower than MW3, but managing their own style is why I have so much respect for Electric Arts with B3. So who would win to you guys with stealing the title for Game of the Year?

A few superhero games followed the trend of releasing in Fall 2011. Batman: Arkham City and Spiderman: Edge of Time; just leave this short and sweet Batman awesome Spiderman not so much. Batman: Arkham Asylum was amazing and it's sequel was highly anticipated when announced pretty much after the 1st one was complete. Spiderman on the other was a complete joke! I personally haven't played it but the way it was going it didn't sound that cool in the 1st place. I don't want to get into all of that right now.


So overall not all games that were released were good. It was quite few bad seeds in this falls releasing of games. Keep playing my friends!